Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
This bill tells the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to create a grant program that gives money to state veterans agencies so they can run outdoor recreation programs for veterans. Activities could include things like hiking, fishing, or adaptive outdoor sports meant to improve veterans' mental and physical health. If it passes, every state that applies could get at least $200,000 a year to fund these programs, with $10 million total available each year.
Veterans struggling with mental health or physical challenges would get free or low-cost access to outdoor activities like hiking, fishing, and adaptive sports through their state veterans agencies , programs that largely don't exist today under federal funding.